Safeguarding
The Safeguarding of our School Community is of the utmost importance. Please read our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy below for further information.
Our staff, and those working in school on a voluntary basis, are recruited in line with Safer Recruitment Procedures. The school ensures that all appropriate checks are carried out on all staff and volunteers. Visitors to the school are asked to read our Safeguarding information which outlines our Safeguarding Procedures.
The school complies with the guidance detailed within the Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education document.
Our staff receive annual Safeguarding Training in addition to specific training including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Training and Prevent Duty Training.
Safeguarding Team
Our Safeguarding Team is made up of:
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mrs McDermott
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Ms Crouch
Additional Members of the Safeguarding Team
Mr Hussain (Assistant Headteacher)
Miss Newman (SENCo & Assistant Headteacher)
Mr Gibson (Parent Lisason Officer)
Mrs Blake (Assistant Headteacher)
Our Link Governor for Safeguarding is Mr M Hothi
Any Safeguarding concerns should be reported to a member of the Safeguarding Team immediately.
If you have a safeguarding concern about a member of staff, this must be reported to our Head Teacher, Mr Hughes or the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) who can be contacted on 020 8708 5350 or email helen.curtis@redbridge.gov.uk
Operation Encompass
Our school is part of the Operation Encompass project which runs jointly between school and Redbridge Borough Metropolitan Police.
Operation Encompass is a unique Police and Education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people exposed to domestic abuse.
Operation Encompass is the process of the police reporting to schools before the start of the next school day when a child or young person has been involved or exposed to a domestic abuse incident the previous evening.
The information is given in strict confidence to the Designated Safeguarding Lead to enable support to be given dependent on the needs and wishes of the child.
For more information, visit the Operation Encompass website.
Safeguarding Resources
The following safeguarding resources may be of interest.
NSPCC Share Aware – Help your child stay safe on social networks, apps and games.
NSPCC Net Aware – Keep up to date with the digital world.
Parent Info – Information from Parentzone and CEOP
LGFL Online Safety and Safeguarding
NSPCC Talk Pant
For further guidance, please view our policies below: